Ya, it's kind of bitter-sweet. You want to keep the natural beauty in tact but also it would be good if our population was a little bigger to boost the economy and help keep us sovereign. I think 50 million would be a good goal but that's really just a random round number.
@@kontiuka well the world is getting hotter and America is running out of water. They will start coming up here pretty soon. I gotta get my hands on some land before then.
This is why we find it so funny when people ask if we live in igloos and ride polar bears… because so many of us are practically living in your country 😂
Being originally from Toronto and now living in Vancouver, I am still amazed at the geographic diversity in British Columbia. From snow capped mountains, rainforests and even deserts and I really like the fact that it rarely snows or goes below freezing in Vancouver which is a stark contrast to Toronto.
Since we are sharing, and speaking of diverse geography . . . Born in Kitimat, lived in Kimberley, Trail, Kamloops, Vancouver, Surrey, Langley. Have family in Oliver, Creston area, Williams Lake, Penticton. Everywhere I have been, I love. My parents used to have a weekend homestead in Wells Gray Provincial park with the gloriously dramatic Helmcken Falls. One of the most incredible provincial parks. It is an exciting province and most people never leave the Lower Mainland. Sad. Oops forgot Courtney and Roberts Creek.
Welcome to BC! Vancouver and its surrounding suburbs are pretty much a city built in the middle of nature. I am so glad that we have so much greenery. water and mountains all around us.
My grandfathers first job when my grandparents moved to Canada was helping build the St. Lawrence Seaway Locks. It helped him learn English much faster than he would have otherwise.
I also grew up about 15 minutes from the border, and within the 50% of Canadians who live that far south. I live in Calgary now, so about a full 3 hours away and much farther north than southeastern Ontario (where I grew up) it made me have to think more about this kind of thing
That's really cool. My relatives have been farming on the land between lake erie and lake huron for over a century. So I think you for building the transport that helped us sell our crops to the world.
Just to further blow your mind, there are several small American towns that are only accessible by driving through Canada. BC, Manitiba and New Brunswick are all access points to these towns. Additionally, there are houses in Maine located on the border. While their home and front yards are in America making them American, their backyards are in Canada and required special permission from our Govt to use them! There is a narrowing dirt road through the woods in Alberta that connects Usa and Canada. It is unguarded and the only indicator you have crossed the border is a small wooden sign. A few years ago, some Canadian farm kids were playing in a field and accidentally crossed the unmarked border. A boarder security happened to see them and sent them home haha.
My Great Grandfather's farm was split in half at the Quebec/Maine border after the Rush-Bagot treaty was finalised in the 1930s. He was given 50 years to clear his forested backlot, before the USA took it over, his son, my Grand-uncle finished the job in the late 1970s, just in time!
Your attitude is amazing. I doubt most Americans are willing to learn about our distinct culture and strange, to them, activities and behaviours. Keep learning, buddy! 🇨🇦
Wow, I knew that most of us lived really close to the border, but some information in this video also blew my mind. Very interesting, thank you for reacting to that !
I'd just like to say that I think it's really commendable that you have taken an interest in Canada. I wish more Americans would do that. We are your friendly neighbors and have always had a good relationship with the US. So good on you Tyler, for wanting to learn more about our country. And for the record, most of us don't say "aboot"... maybe you would find d that more in Newfoundland because of the accent from that region.
Well im sure our relationship wasnt that great after the war of 1812 but we did fight in WW1 together 100 years later, so that's a pretty good record breaking turn around if I ever heard one.
Other parts of Canada's "about" sounds kind of but not exactly like "aboat" to Americans in the same way theirs (especially in the South) sounds a bit like "abowt" to us. But yeah pretty much only in Newfoundland do you hear the actual "aboot".
If you study a map you will find that parts of 27 states lie farther north than Canada's southernmost point. A colleague of mine (in a previous job) always used to tease me because I lived in the "Great White North". I live in Ontario at 43.2557 degrees N. She lived in Washington state at 47.6588 degrees N, so farther north than I!
@@TylerBucketRUclips Borders, being man-made things, can be quite strange indeed. You should check out Derby Line VT, a town which straddles the Vermont-Québec border. The town library sits (roughly) half on one side and half on the other. There's also Angle Inlet MN, which, although considered part of the contiguous US, is separated from the rest of MN by water and the province of Manitoba - seems to be as a result of a mapping error, originally. And then there's Point Roberts WA which is surrounded on three sides by water and on the north by the province of BC. This caused a MAJOR issue during the Covid lockdowns because the border was closed, and the town's inhabitants were quite isolated as a result. I'm sure there are videos out there on these - I heard about Derby and Point Roberts on the news.
My friend, there is a huge part of the US that really isn't densely inhabited because of geography such as desert and mountainous areas starting in the Midwest and going westwards towards the Rockies and beyond.
I have to admit like many Canadians when I initially saw your videos I was horrified. But as I saw you learn and grow and your enthusiasm to finding out things you didn't know I became very enthralled with your videos and I hope you get the chance to come up here and spend time with some of us
Fellow Canadian here, I live in Alberta, basically between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary. The farming provinces are mostly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and a little bit of Manitoba. My father is a farmer and our family has been here since 1906. The winters can get really cold here, minus fifty degrees celsius is the lowest that I remember and they pretty much just shut our area down and told people not to go outside, and to just stay warm in their homes, I think that was like 1995 or somewhere around there. Canada is vast, but a majority of the people do live in the major cities; Calgary and Edmonton are the biggest two in Alberta. With us living out in the country, the nearest town is 20 minutes away, Edmonton is roughly an hour away and Calgary is about an hour and a half away. However, I wouldn't trade the country life for anything. Sure it can get cold, but the quiet and starry night sky are all worth it.
I also live in Central Alberta. I'm originally from Hamilton Ontario but moved to Alberta in '77. As far as im concerned this is the best place to live. Clean air, friendly people and Alberta always manages to thrive even through hard times. Not to mention the lowest taxes in the country. I love Alberta!
Are you in Red Deer? Lived there for a year, 10 years in Edmonton, now I'm back in Toronto (don't judge) Of course the real question is, Oilers or Flames????
@@pineo81 I did live in red deer for three years, but now I’m out in the country. I live 40min from red deer which is south east from my home. I’m in a farming community
I live south of that imaginary line (town of Bromont QC, a really fine place). But I used to live in the northeast of my province, and I often miss it. In a way, I left a little part of my heart in Rimouski. Didn't mind the colder weather. Loved the absence of traffic, the fresh seafood, pure air, and no heat waves in summer. As a side note, there is a small African community in Rimouski (it is a university town). And a small community from Reunion Island (Indian océan) further north in Matane (college town). Proof that even people from tropical places can get used to -30ºC in winter!
Je penserais que Matane est pas mal proche à la ligne imaginaire. Mon ex grandi à Rimouski-Est 4 maisons des deux poisonneries. Pas besoin de la climatisation là-bas.
I remember being at a Toronto Blue Jays game in Seattle once (crazy atmosphere; much more Jays fans than Mariners fans). I remember seeing a Mariners fan with a sign saying "Who the north?" (in relation to the Jays' slogan "We the North") and a map showing that Seattle was north of Toronto. Thought that was funny.
Seattle and Minneapolis are both further north than Toronto, Milwaukee and Boston aren't much further south, and obviously Detroit is very close to Toronto. When I was a kid I used to think that Toronto and Montreal were far-flung cities from the rest of MLB, but they're really not. Seattle, on the other hand, very much is.
Of course, I remember learning these facts in elementary school, having been born in Edmonton Alberta. Although most of Canada has an arctic or subarctic climate, few people live in those regions. Edmonton is unusual in being Canada's most northerly metropolitan area. The city itself has a population of about one million, with St Albert and Sherwood Park being the largest of the surrounding cities. The Prairie Provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, contain most of Canada's arable land and a large share of Canada's merchantable stands of Boreal Forest. The climate limits agricultural production to livestock and grain while the Boreal Forest produces mostly softwood, but the region's principal sources of mineral wealth are coal, petroleum, and potash. Initially, the Canadian prairie and the Boreal Forest were important to the fur trade. Much of the early exploration and settlement of the northern prairie was carried out by fur traders working for either the Hudson's Bay Company or the North West Company. The original Fort Edmonton was a trading outpost built to control the shortest portage connecting the territories of those two companies. The MacKenzie River Basin, named after one of the founders of the North West Company, was reached by portaging from Fort Edmonton to the Pembina River, which joined the Athabaska River that then drained into Lake Athabaska. From there, the MacKenzie River flows all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Modern Edmonton is still referred to as the gateway to the north and is the principal industrial centre of the whole region.
We who live along the border with western Washington state still had access to cross into the U.S. even with the border closed during the height of Covid. It was via a joint international park called Peace Arch Park. They couldn’t close the U.S. part of the park due to a treaty made in the 1800’s, so it remained open to Canadians. So if we in Canada wanted to get together with friends or family in the US, we just walked into the park from Canada and were in Washington state in the U.S. We were fine as long as we stayed in the park, and there were border people at the other making sure we didn’t go any father. It was a great way to get together, and the only place along the border where people could do this.
i live in Toronto which is part of the "dip" (Southern Ontario). Most Canadians know we are further south than a good portion of the US. We're also aware that our American friends are dumfounded with these facts. NY city and Buffalo get more snow than Torontro does. However, I can travel 1/2 hour north to find much more snow!. Probably the best reason we live in the "dip".. "Niagara on the Lake" is our Napa Valley, excellent wine country. On the whole we know much more about the US than vice-versa, from our school's curriculum and of course US television. Love that you're taking time to learn abooot us! Great vids! Cheers neighbour
Just to give you a little info, I lived in Montreal the temperature rarely get lower than -25C in winter, but I did live at Chapais (which is about 700km from Montreal by car) I got -40C to -45C. Temperature is a big factor for a lot of people, especially immigrants, they don't want to live at that temperature.
In America 75 percent of people live on the east coast. And 80 percent of the west coast live in California. Which has 40 million people. Canada has 38 million total
I also live in Montreal and I feel like the temperature in winter is slowly getting colder, a lot of -30C I may be wrong but I feel like it's not going to get better:(
I agree that it's mostly immigrants that land in Ontario and just stay there. But before that was popular we were more equally stretched out thruought provinces.
Interesting fact: The latitude of Toronto is 43 degrees. The latitude of California's northern border is 42 degrees. Many US cities get far more snow than Toronto. As a matter of fact we've loaned our snow removal equipment many times to several cities in the US.
If you’re looking for another cool Canadian History video.. Might I suggest “Canadians change when they hear the word: War”. Great animated video discussion of Canadians fighting WWI and WWII
We got in trouble in WW1 for not taking prisoners, we were much better in WW2. We were the first storm troopers, and invented the tactic of mouse holing through buildings instead of fighting in the streets. The motto of "we will find a way" is impeccable when you think about Vimy Ridge and Juno beach on D Day, the Canadians fighting further inland past the German defences than any other beach landing, they created by far the farthest salient. Our snipers are the best in the world because we train quality over quantity, there's a few articles on it. We fought a war over an island with Denmark, the cutest war of all time.
I am a Canadian and dated a girl from Michigan. (many many years ago) I blew her families mind when I explained I live farther south than them, even though the Canada U.S. boarder was less than an hour away.
I live in Windsor too and laughed when Journey had the hit "Don't Stop Believin'" and the line that said "Born and raised in South Detroit" because technically that would be Windsor!
The Canadian Shield was created during the ice age. This is where large glaciers moved south, collecting tons of debris including the soil from up north and depositing them at the southern most point which the glaciers travelled. Thus, the deep, rich agricultural area around the Great Lakes.
A very large influence of where the population settled in Western Canada was where the first rail lines were laid. Migrants often relied on rail for transportation and settled along the these lines, which were built along the southern portions of Canada.
Actually people settle close to water. Water is also used to define boundaries. Water was needed to build rail lines. People settled along the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. As you move west you see all the settlements are along the major lakes and rivers.
Across the prairies, the rail lines were built close to the border. The first transcontinental was part of securing Canada's borders, so it was close. But that was also where the good farm and ranch land was too.
This video blew my mind! I’ve lived in southern Ontario and now in Edmonton but I’ve never really thought about how far south we were when living close to Toronto. Keep up the awesome videos!!!
Yep, there's a plaque beside Highway 11 where the road crosses the 49th. It's on the south edge of the town of Cochrane, which is several hours north of Toronto...
the St. Lawrence River has been Instrumental in shaping where Canadians Historically settled from the east coast to the great lakes, other than the Mediterranean and black sea connection in Europe it's the most inland area exposed to ocean (through Canals)
Many Canadians love the northern regions and would prefer to live there but are attracted to the large metropolitan areas close to the border because of their careers. City jobs pay much more and there are also fewer jobs the further north you are. You should check out the Canadian Shield. It is literally a gigantic, very old rocky region with giant slabs of horizontal rock - almost impossible to farm. But here is where our millions of small lakes and rivers are to be found and where we go for vacation - camping and cottaging. It was created by the glaciers which scraped the soil down to the rock layer and that soil ended up in the southern Canada and the United States. This is why the farming is done at our border. Another thing about the North (My husband's family had a chalet in northern Quebec so I am familiar with it) is that it is not so easy to live in wilderness. First of all the winters are brutal (I experienced -48 C) and the services available in big cities are sparse. But then, property is less expensive and if you are somewhat handy you can live well. The thing that prevents me from wanting to movie any further north -already we are a 3 1/2 hour drive from the closest city (Canadians refer to distance in driving hours) is the INSECTS. Not only does the wilderness host abundant and beautiful plant/animal/bird life, there are species of insects that most Americans and the rest of the world, except maybe some parts of Northern Europe and Russia, are not aware of. Mosquitos, of course, are ubiquitous in the world but we are treated with some special critters, the worst being Black Flies. Black Flies make life miserable for the entire month of June, and keep in mind that we have only 4 months or so of summer in the North. When you walk outside you are likely bitten by dozens of them. Each bite feels like a tiny lit cigarette and burns for several days. There is no remedy or way to discourage them, except to dress like a beekeeper. So there you are at the cottage and you cannot swim in the lake or take out the canoe or kayak without being eaten alive. Black Flies are mostly too large to get through a screen, which is great, but there is another insect: no-see-ums which are so small that they can pass through screens and are free to bite you all night while you are trying to sleep. Maybe this is too-much-information, but you can get an idea of what we deal with and some of the reasons we hug the border.
I’m pretty sure it would take dynamite to shake me out of Northern Ontario. I don’t mind visiting elsewhere, but the relaxed pace of living suits me. I’ll take black flies over the big city any day!
The video you watched left out a few important points about the corridor. When the American revolution started loyalists to Britain fled to Toronto and the surrounding areas. The port where most European immigrants landed in Canada is also close by. Most love in that area because it was the heaviest developed area to begin with. It's similar to why something like 80 percent of America lives east of the Mississippi
Yes also when immigrants arrive they want to be close to their communities and the rural areas and even the small cities like Peterborough or Baie Comeau have been predominatly white. So these people moved to Toronto and Montreal and made the cities even future. Fortunately that's been changing a little bit more recently with more
For most of my life you didn’t need a passport to go between Canada and the US. A lot of Americans come up here for the fishing and hunting. Love your videos!
You can thank George Bush (The moron) jr for the passport thing, it came from the ridiculous "911" paranoia thing, when Bush claimed that the hijackers came in through Canada (A lie...later he claimed that he could get Bin Laden by attacking Iraq... ANOTHER LIE!)
I don't need a passport to enter the USA. I just use my Driver's Licence. That is going to change, however, in 2026 when my Enhanced Driver's Licence expires.
You should make the decision to come to Canada for an epic visit. Start in Vancouver and end in Atlantic Canada. If you put it out there that you're coming, you'll get loads of Canadians offering you their spare room.
Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America. Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America. In Toronto we get ABC , NBC and CBS from Buffalo NY.
I lived in Windsor, Ontario, for a number of years, and it was always peculiar to many people (myself included when I moved!) that, if you live in Windsor, you are south of the US (Detroit is just to the North, across the river). It was rather funny watching people compute that one!
The Journey song Don't Stop Believing referred to a boy "born and raised in South Detroit". There is no area actually called South Detroit. South of downtown Detroit you are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (or the Detroit River).🧭
Thanks for learning about Canada! You're welcome anytime 😊 As for this video..I didn't realise that area was mostly populated. We still have a lot of people but I guess it makes sense because my province has 1.2 million people stretched out across it, but is larger than many European countries! It's been said the farmland in my province could feed the world.
I live on the St Lawrence and I can tell you that the covid closures really affected people on both sides. Both sides depend on each other crossing and that real affected stores, restaurants and many other businesses
Love your content on this subject, Tyler. I've been sending links to your videos to some family members on the US side of the border. As a Canadian some of this stuff I have a vague awareness about, but the way you're presenting it has value to citizens on both sides of the border.
Live in the city Edmonton Alberta which is roughly 380 miles north of the U.S. Montana border. The distances we travel might be the thing that surprises you the most. Drive 7.5 hours north of the city and your still in Alberta.
As a Canadian who lives above that line, I spent my whole childhood thinking I wanted to live somewhere warmer, only to move somewhere south and be constantly depressed at how dark it was. The summers it went without saying, but I couldn't figure out at first why the winters struck me as darker than my hometown even though there were objectively more hours of daylight. Then, one day, it snowed. Come nighttime, the street lights reflected off the snow, making the night brighter. That was the first time in my life I truly appreciated my hometown's winter. I've moved back now, and don't think I could live anywhere with less summer daylight and winter snow-light again.
When I was younger, I loved horseback riding at night in the winter. On a moonlit night, you could see almost as well as daytime. And, of course, there was the occasional bonus of watching the northern lights :)
I also live above that line (Winnipeg), and moved somewhere warmer (Montreal) only to come to similar conclusions. There should be more hours of daylight in winter, but it doesn't really feel that way (I think it's because those hours are better enjoyed in summer - you notice them more when the weather is nice). Also, so much freakin' snow. Like...it might not get down into -40 or lower wind chills in Montreal very often (I think in 6 years there, I saw a -40 wind chill just twice), but having to forge a path through 30 cm of wet snow to get to the bus stop is no fun. At least here, we get maybe 3 to 5 major snowfall events in a winter (and it's almost always DRY snow which is easier to shovel and walk through), and the rest is just a couple centimetres here and there (last winter was pretty bad though; most snow I've seen in a winter here in decades).
Unrelated but I also also live about that line (Vancouver) and USED to live in south asia to come to a conclusion that it feels warmer in Vancouver than it often does in my hometown even though my hometown was always warmer. I think the sun just hits me different during summer
Now you can understand why Canadians scoff when people think we live in igloos and that we ski year round! I actually live on part of the Canadian Shield. It makes it hard to find areas for a garden and for building, since it affects where or if we can lay a foundation. At least we have over 15 acres. We live less than an hour’s drive from Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario. Amazing country! 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
The video fails to mention that the Prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan and half of Manitoba) are mostly farmland and huge agricultural Provinces. There is more land than people here, but sure is beautiful.
The most densely populated parts of Canada tend to be the oldest parts of the country. Quebec and Ontario otherwise known as Lower and Upper Canada respectively during the early settlement years.
Winter in Toronto is great. We get to see and hear not only how much more worse weather conditions are in other Canadian cities, but we also U.S. cities too. Buffalo, New York, Philladalpia, Boston, etc.
Yes the only downfall living in the west is the brutal winters. I try to hibernate as much as possible, only go out when I have to. I hate winter, I think I was born on the wrong island...lol
@@unkyduck see now you're feeding into the American mindset that we all have dogs less...lol. That would make it better though. I used to cook at a private boys school and they had sled dogs. They would hold races in winter and I would serve them soup and hot chocolate from the loading dock. Looked like great fun!
@@MyghtyMykey yes. Our humidity is ridiculous sometimes. 25 can “feel like” 35 sometimes. When you have an outdoor job and have to wear a mask for you know… it gets hard to breath sometimes.
I live in this zone. Pelee Island in the middle of Lake Erie is on the same latitude as Northern California. I live in Toronto almost the same level of Milwaukee. So our weather is much the same. If they get snow wait three hours and we have snow. Now Vancouver is our Florida. They get a lot of rain but, rarely have snow.
I have lived in the Canadian “North” for my whole life. Whitehorse, Terrace BC and Grande Prairie Alberta mostly. Which when you’re from the north you know is not that north really. My dad worked in places that are true north and there’s a difference. That said a big part of the reason people live south is simply because not everyone can handle things north and you can’t blame them. Winter from late Oct to late April/early May is common. We regularly get -40 in the winters. In Whitehorse I remember the car tires would clunk because the rubber had frozen where it sat overnight so you’d have a flat patch of tire until it warmed up. In GP we can’t open our windows for 6-7 months a year because they’re frozen shut. In Terrace and Kitimat the last winter I was there the snow was up to the roofs (Kitimat that year). The reason the population lives south becomes obvious. Not to mention trade. That said, I will die in the north. I love it. It’s in my bones. People are different - colourful, hearty, down to earth and resilient. And there’s beauty in the north you can’t imagine. The northern lights are just a start. Love Vancouver and the lower mainland but the north has a real charm to it when you get out of the city-or-nothing mindset.
I agree. The north is the place to be. I worked in Watson Lake, Yukon, and loved it there. People up north are genuinely more outgoing and friendly and helpful than southerners.
Thank you. As a Canadian, I never knew that 50% of our population was in the area outlined. I only knew that the population was larger than the rest of Canada. I have lived in Toronto, Windsor and now Cambridge, all of which are located in the province of Ontario. Always thought Vancouver, British Columbia also had a high population besides Quebec.
If the population outside of that area is less than inside then that would be greater percentage of the whole. I know they taught this in Canadian schools... I think it was 4th grade math. Remember when people said "when will I ever need to know this?" and you bought into it? 🤦♂️
@@johnlittle3430 I have to admit that I have not looked at a map in a long time. Have to admit, as well, these videos are difficult to stop watching. Day to day life seems to take up most of my time these days. Lol.
Vancouver does have a high population, it is the 3rd biggest metropolitan area in Canada but BC's population is only 5.3 million compared to Ontario's 15 million and Quebec's 8.6 million.
I've been surprised by different areas on the only province I've ever lived in. I'd never heard mourning doves until we lived near Toronto. When we moved to southern Ontario from an area further north, I was surprised by a few things. After we moved further to the south west, I learned that this area was originally Carolinian forests with black walnut and tulip trees. Southern Ontario is very hot and humid in the summer. I preferred living on the Canadian Shield. It makes more sense than building subdivisions on prime farmland, provided transportation costs for goods aren't too high.
I spent a week on a project and the University of Colorado. I will never forget the look of stunned disbelief of a student canvassing for signatures on a petition when I told him I was not an American citizen. I could see in his expression he was aking himself how that could be possible.
That photo of the "Ontario" vineyard was actually taken in the southern British Columbia near the town of Okanagan Falls. I grew up near there. Lots of internationally award winning wines are grown in the Okanagan Valley. You should do some research on Canada's wine industry and the friendly competition between B.C. And Ontario.
I live more than 12 hours north of the southern border but only about 31/2 hours from Alaska in Northern British Columbia. We love the fact that we are sparsely populated though as people discover how great it is here more and more are moving here! I've always been a northern girl living in the interior of Alaska as well. I get stressed if in the city for too long!
Interesting fact, La Chine rapids, translates The Chinese rapids! The early explorers thought that beyond the rapids they would find China! Had no idea of the emmense land stretching from Montreal to Vancouver! Peace and love from Canada
I am Canadian from BC The reason why most of our population are near border. Our County is vast and many parts are unhabituated. Weather temperature spikes to -60 Celsius and colder. Population is 39 million people (Jan 2022 census) Remember Canada has the Largest open border on the planet. The further north the colder it is. Sadly, the wildlife (bears deer, moose) travel south looking for food and end up being a problem for smaller communities'. (Don't worry they are returned north). We are also surrounded by Pacific Ocean, Arctic sea and Atlantic ocean.✌
I live in Canada’s best kept secret city- Windsor Ontario. We are actually geographically south of Detroit. ( about one mile across the Detroit river) there are many, many mixed American and Canadian marriages living on both sides of the border. It is not unusual for Windsorites to work in the D. Especially in medicine and manufacturing. I have neighbours and friends who commute on the bridge or through the tunnel daily to work. The University of Windsor has about 17% American faculty, staff and students. The majority of Windsorites celebrate both Canadian and American Thanksgivings. If you grew up in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, chances are good that you and your friends crossed over the border into Dub - city (aka. Windsor) for your 19th birthday. Windsor Ontario’ legal drinking age is three years lower then most American States.
Pretty much the entire great lakes basin was originally part of Canada (Under the banner of "Nouvelle France") including Michigan and even parts of the Ohio territories, all of which was handed over to the Americans by Britain at the end of the American revolution... the first of many times that Canada would be stabbed in the back by Britain in US/Canadian border disputes (They did the same to us after the war of 1812, for economic reasons)
I live in Sarnia, Ontario which is about 70 miles North of Windsor at the opening end of the St. Clair River. I crossed the border into the USA almost daily for 15 years. I worked as an RN in Michigan Hospitals. Many long term friendships are between people who live on our borders. True friends 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Im from New Brunswick which was one of the first settled areas in Canada but we only have 600k people here. Province is relatively small but is the size of most European countries.
Tyler Bucket It's true! There are some resident Canadians that live on a more southerly latitude than some resident Californians. To use just one of many examples, the residents of Peele Island, Canada live further south than the residents of Smith River, California.
I think it would be beneficial to watch a video explaining Canada’s different provinces and territories with information about their populations 🤷🏻♀️ I enjoy your videos, I’m from Saskatchewan and our provincial population hovers around 1 million 🙃 Also the coldest temperature including the wind chill that I’ve experienced is -56 Celsius. The prairies have some awful winter winds but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Saskatchewan is known as the “land of the living skies” and it does not disappoint! The northern lights are beautiful when they come around.
Southern Canadian here! Living in the border city of Windsor (across the river from Detroit). I've heard stories of Americans crossing over and expecting the weather to magically change into a Winter Wonderland; in July.... Then being disappointed they brought their skis lol 😆 Sorry bud, its 100° here too... same as it was five minutes ago in Michigan!
Lol the city at 13:00 is my hometown: Trois-Rivieres, Quebec! It's on the banks of St-Lawrence river halfway between Montreal and Quebec on the North shore :)
Trade routes, ports, agriculture and better weather...that's why we all live along the southern border... And per capita we still have a lot of space and nature...I live on 27 acres in southern Ontario (still 60km north of Toronto)
Hello from Calgary, Alberta ( mix Texas and Colorado). My city finally had 1 miillion citizens in 2007. We hold 1/36(?) Of the entire population of Canada
Once you drive 200 miles due north of the 49th parallel, you are starting to get into lower populated areas. Edmonton is probably the northern most largest city, and it is 300 miles due north of the US border. In Saskatchewan (right above Montana) if you were able to drive straight north for 450 miles, you would be as far as you could drive. Not very many reliable roads are beyond that. To get farther north than that, usually takes a float plane or ice roads. And just for some further information, the dimensions of Saskatchewan are 760 miles north-south, and 325 miles East-West, which is nearly as big as Texas.
Also, don't forget that while Canada covers a considerably larger surface area than the U.S., the population of Canada is barely 10% that of the U.S.A. (Yes, the United States have 10 times the population of Canada.)
I'm kinda upset that the DYK video did not mention the Welland Canal verbally... The Welland Canal made it 100% possible to move from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie due to Niagara Falls being unpassable. The Welland Lock system made it possible to reach the rest of the great lakes with ease and allow larger boats to travel to all those cities on the other side of the lakes.
I visited a customer in Dallas once. Some of the employees were asking me about Canada. They didn't believe me when I told then that I lived South of a number of states. They had a map on on the wall, so I pointed out where I lived and pointed out all the states that were North of my city. Once I pointed it out, several of them said, "woe. I always thought that that Canada is North of the states!"
I’m one of Canada’s 20% of people who DO NOT live within 100 miles of the US border. I’m in a high mountain valley in BC’s interior - the most beautiful place in the world!
YES, Canadian education covered these facts before high school, of this history and other parts of the world, like the SUEZ CANAL, PANAMA CANAL, and great engineering for transportation. Population density in any location in the world shows the largest cities are ports of transportation in all the continents. More details are taught in higher grades of the world, history, geography, etc
Being a pilot that flew a lot into the Canadian Shield and Arctic circle, I can vouch it feels like landing on the moon, even in the middle of summer. No way a standard agriculture civilization model could thrive up there. Only first nations standard hunter/gatherer (mostly through fishing and hunting seals/cariboos) or modern air-supply can sustain small villages at high latitudes.
Pretty sure about 75% of the Canadian population lives within probably 6 hours of the American border. Whatever the percentage is, it is high. I'm from Windsor, Ontario. We are directly SOUTH of Detroit. And half an hour from us here, the lowest point of Canada's territory is the 42* parallel is at Point Pelee (national park). There's also Pelee Island in Lake Erie, which is probably a bit more south(?). That line across Ontario looks like it is around Toronto and branching off Niagara Falls area. That's roughly 4-4.5 hours from here. I learned that in grade 4(that we are south of D) and we did get a chuckle out of that, when we learned it
Australia, Russia, China, even Brazil are similar in population distribution because of unique geographical features, even usa has huge areas that are underpopulated because of geography and history
Hey Tyler, I hope you get to visit Canada some time. It's a must-do if you're American and want to visit a "foreign" country, 'cuz it's really a seamless experience. I'm a Canadian in Vancouver, and I've taken dozens of day trips down to Seattle. I get to the border, and in either direction, when they've asked me the reason for my visit, I've said "just headed to Top Pot for some doughnuts," and when they look in the back of the car and see 8-10 boxes of doughnuts, the border guards were just like "ok, fine," well that's life in the Great White North. At least before the pandemic, Seattle was my "home away from home" and I went to concerts and events there all the time. Up here in Vancouver, I don't have to spend too long out and about in the city before I run into folks from Washington state. It's like the border hardly exists...
Another thing I rarely see mentioned is the sheer number of lakes, rivers and ponds . Trying to put down roads in the north is like walking through a minefield. The number of bridges needed is ridiculous and if it's not bridges then you need to blast through solid rock to get level roads.
Tyler my family and I have enjoyed discovering your videos - we are Canadian and enjoy seeing your reactions, and often we learn a few things ourselves also. If you ever have an opportunity to come to Toronto - we’d be happy to show you around!
My Family Live North of the parallel... I asked my Grandpa about the Great Depression, he said it didn't affect us because of our Traditional Traplines... He said his Dad went Hunting and Trapping... He bartered and traded with Menonites... So the depression didn't really affect us...
To be fair, while I knew that the southern tip of Ontario held a lot of our population I didn’t realize myself that it was 50%. Though it’s definitely true that most of us live not too far from the border. I’m only about a 4 hrs drive from it.
As someone who lives in Western Canada, I can say that population is condensed into the larger cities while the rest is very sparse. About 60% of Manitoba's population of 1.3 million is located in Winnipeg, about 1 hour north of the border, as well as the immediate surrounding area. There's not much the further north you go, mostly due to terrain, a large lake, and hundreds of rivers.
As an American I recall hearing about a comedic Canadian TV show many years ago where the host traveled the USA to ask Americans various questions about Canada with an aim to get a good laugh at the lack of knowledge (giving dumb answers) Americans have of Canada. It's nice that most Canadians don't take a lot of insult at our ignorance of Canada, since we're so closely linked they get the read on us. Unlike most Europeans, who get nasty and resentful at our ignorance about them, and that can be amusing too.
Something someone mentioned here that I'd like to reiterate. I grew up on the north shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in the 60's, 70's and 80's, before cable. We had very little for broadcasters. The CBC and maybe CTV. Everything else was over the air U.S broadcasters ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and more. Being close to the border made that possible, nevermind how radio waves travel freely across a lake. This would have a big impact on our knowledge of America. Not all, but alot.
I've got some free time so now I'm just bingeing your videos...When I was a kid the 49th parallel thing screwed me up, too. Living in northern BC -- where we can literally drive for hours without seeing more than a few passing cars makes me forget that the rest of the world actually has to co-exist. 😀
HEY TYLER I just wanted to let you know you should react to Canadian heritage minutes they were a big part of my child hood in education learning little clips about our country in elementary school, I’d think you’d find them interesting
It's easy to understand and it's the same thing for every countries in the world. We live where the temperature is the best and where it's the easier to access water for transportation. Take a look for Australia, almost everyone lives along the coast.
Please throw a maple muffin at us, Canadians know a lot more about America than Americans know about us. Your doing a service to educate the USA population. It’s that America were great so why learn about anyone else mentality. LOVE your channel
Aside from the fact that so much of our population is concentrated in Ontario and Quebec, there's another reason most Canadians live within 200km of the US/Canada border. It gets COLD here, and further north gets a lot colder. Yeah, we could survive it, but we don't want to. The extreme cold wrecks havoc on machinery too. All of the arable land is in the southern part of the country, so these are the areas that were settled.
The majority of our country is actually unpopulated. Most of canada is boreal forest and tundra, that's why it's so beautiful here ☺
Exactly because it's pretty much untouched.
Ya, it's kind of bitter-sweet. You want to keep the natural beauty in tact but also it would be good if our population was a little bigger to boost the economy and help keep us sovereign. I think 50 million would be a good goal but that's really just a random round number.
@@kontiuka well the world is getting hotter and America is running out of water. They will start coming up here pretty soon. I gotta get my hands on some land before then.
Oh, we've got rocks and trees and trees and rocks.... [ ruclips.net/video/kxTpIMK5NSo/видео.html ]
There's not alot of person in Canada too
This is why we find it so funny when people ask if we live in igloos and ride polar bears… because so many of us are practically living in your country 😂
I'm Norwegian. We get questions similar to that on occasion. Not from Americans, though! 😂
Thats because no Americans can't fund Norway on a map.
@@timkeenan7419 Proofread before posting.
If you drive across the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Windsor you will be driving South into Canada.
Canadian here. Discovered your videos about 2 weeks ago. Love them !
Being originally from Toronto and now living in Vancouver, I am still amazed at the geographic diversity in British Columbia. From snow capped mountains, rainforests and even deserts and I really like the fact that it rarely snows or goes below freezing in Vancouver which is a stark contrast to Toronto.
Yup, I have always said this is the most beautiful place on earth
@@michelleikoma2953 born and raised here. Agree 100%
Born in ontarible live in osoyoos now .
Love it
Since we are sharing, and speaking of diverse geography . . . Born in Kitimat, lived in Kimberley, Trail, Kamloops, Vancouver, Surrey, Langley. Have family in Oliver, Creston area, Williams Lake, Penticton. Everywhere I have been, I love. My parents used to have a weekend homestead in Wells Gray Provincial park with the gloriously dramatic Helmcken Falls. One of the most incredible provincial parks. It is an exciting province and most people never leave the Lower Mainland. Sad. Oops forgot Courtney and Roberts Creek.
Welcome to BC! Vancouver and its surrounding suburbs are pretty much a city built in the middle of nature. I am so glad that we have so much greenery. water and mountains all around us.
My grandfathers first job when my grandparents moved to Canada was helping build the St. Lawrence Seaway Locks. It helped him learn English much faster than he would have otherwise.
I also grew up about 15 minutes from the border, and within the 50% of Canadians who live that far south. I live in Calgary now, so about a full 3 hours away and much farther north than southeastern Ontario (where I grew up) it made me have to think more about this kind of thing
That's really cool. My relatives have been farming on the land between lake erie and lake huron for over a century. So I think you for building the transport that helped us sell our crops to the world.
That's amazing!
My Grampa worked building the locks on the Welland Canal, during the Depression, helped him feed his large family, while so many others were starving.
Just to further blow your mind, there are several small American towns that are only accessible by driving through Canada. BC, Manitiba and New Brunswick are all access points to these towns. Additionally, there are houses in Maine located on the border. While their home and front yards are in America making them American, their backyards are in Canada and required special permission from our Govt to use them! There is a narrowing dirt road through the woods in Alberta that connects Usa and Canada. It is unguarded and the only indicator you have crossed the border is a small wooden sign. A few years ago, some Canadian farm kids were playing in a field and accidentally crossed the unmarked border. A boarder security happened to see them and sent them home haha.
My Great Grandfather's farm was split in half at the Quebec/Maine border after the Rush-Bagot treaty was finalised in the 1930s. He was given 50 years to clear his forested backlot, before the USA took it over, his son, my Grand-uncle finished the job in the late 1970s, just in time!
@@shoknifeman2mikado135 thats crazy!
@@WaiferThyme It's true though, I helped him do it
@@shoknifeman2mikado135 it’s sad he lost half his farm though .
Thanks for the extra info Waifer
Your attitude is amazing. I doubt most Americans are willing to learn about our distinct culture and strange, to them, activities and behaviours. Keep learning, buddy! 🇨🇦
Wow, I knew that most of us lived really close to the border, but some information in this video also blew my mind. Very interesting, thank you for reacting to that !
I'd just like to say that I think it's really commendable that you have taken an interest in Canada. I wish more Americans would do that. We are your friendly neighbors and have always had a good relationship with the US. So good on you Tyler, for wanting to learn more about our country. And for the record, most of us don't say "aboot"... maybe you would find d that more in Newfoundland because of the accent from that region.
Well im sure our relationship wasnt that great after the war of 1812 but we did fight in WW1 together 100 years later, so that's a pretty good record breaking turn around if I ever heard one.
Except that one time our militia set the White House on fire 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for the kind words Marlene, I appreciate it.
Yea, americans think like all canadians pronounce 'aboot' the same way when its just a scant east coast thing 😑
Other parts of Canada's "about" sounds kind of but not exactly like "aboat" to Americans in the same way theirs (especially in the South) sounds a bit like "abowt" to us. But yeah pretty much only
in Newfoundland do you hear the actual "aboot".
I’m impressed you are using RUclips to educate yourself and not just entertainment! I should do more myself. Good job!
I find Tyler quite entertaining and I'm also learning a lot of stuff I was not aware of.
If you study a map you will find that parts of 27 states lie farther north than Canada's southernmost point. A colleague of mine (in a previous job) always used to tease me because I lived in the "Great White North". I live in Ontario at 43.2557 degrees N. She lived in Washington state at 47.6588 degrees N, so farther north than I!
Still blows my mind!
@@TylerBucketRUclips Borders, being man-made things, can be quite strange indeed. You should check out Derby Line VT, a town which straddles the Vermont-Québec border. The town library sits (roughly) half on one side and half on the other. There's also Angle Inlet MN, which, although considered part of the contiguous US, is separated from the rest of MN by water and the province of Manitoba - seems to be as a result of a mapping error, originally. And then there's Point Roberts WA which is surrounded on three sides by water and on the north by the province of BC. This caused a MAJOR issue during the Covid lockdowns because the border was closed, and the town's inhabitants were quite isolated as a result. I'm sure there are videos out there on these - I heard about Derby and Point Roberts on the news.
My jaw was dropped for most of this. Like you, I never realized most of these facts. Great video. Thanks, Tyler.
My friend, there is a huge part of the US that really isn't densely inhabited because of geography such as desert and mountainous areas starting in the Midwest and going westwards towards the Rockies and beyond.
I guess you could argue that "huge" is relative, when compared to the unpopulated regions in Canada. Alaska would be the closest competitor though!
I have to admit like many Canadians when I initially saw your videos I was horrified. But as I saw you learn and grow and your enthusiasm to finding out things you didn't know I became very enthralled with your videos and I hope you get the chance to come up here and spend time with some of us
Horrified
Fellow Canadian here, I live in Alberta, basically between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary. The farming provinces are mostly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and a little bit of Manitoba. My father is a farmer and our family has been here since 1906. The winters can get really cold here, minus fifty degrees celsius is the lowest that I remember and they pretty much just shut our area down and told people not to go outside, and to just stay warm in their homes, I think that was like 1995 or somewhere around there.
Canada is vast, but a majority of the people do live in the major cities; Calgary and Edmonton are the biggest two in Alberta. With us living out in the country, the nearest town is 20 minutes away, Edmonton is roughly an hour away and Calgary is about an hour and a half away. However, I wouldn't trade the country life for anything. Sure it can get cold, but the quiet and starry night sky are all worth it.
I also live in Central Alberta. I'm originally from Hamilton Ontario but moved to Alberta in '77. As far as im concerned this is the best place to live. Clean air, friendly people and Alberta always manages to thrive even through hard times. Not to mention the lowest taxes in the country. I love Alberta!
South of Ponoka?
@@stiaininbeglan3844 ha ha! I’m in Ponoka county. I live smack dab in the middle between Ponoka, Rimbey, Bently and Lacombe
Are you in Red Deer? Lived there for a year, 10 years in Edmonton, now I'm back in Toronto (don't judge) Of course the real question is, Oilers or Flames????
@@pineo81 I did live in red deer for three years, but now I’m out in the country. I live 40min from red deer which is south east from my home. I’m in a farming community
I live south of that imaginary line (town of Bromont QC, a really fine place). But I used to live in the northeast of my province, and I often miss it. In a way, I left a little part of my heart in Rimouski. Didn't mind the colder weather. Loved the absence of traffic, the fresh seafood, pure air, and no heat waves in summer.
As a side note, there is a small African community in Rimouski (it is a university town). And a small community from Reunion Island (Indian océan) further north in Matane (college town). Proof that even people from tropical places can get used to -30ºC in winter!
Je penserais que Matane est pas mal proche à la ligne imaginaire. Mon ex grandi à Rimouski-Est 4 maisons des deux poisonneries. Pas besoin de la climatisation là-bas.
I remember being at a Toronto Blue Jays game in Seattle once (crazy atmosphere; much more Jays fans than Mariners fans). I remember seeing a Mariners fan with a sign saying "Who the north?" (in relation to the Jays' slogan "We the North") and a map showing that Seattle was north of Toronto. Thought that was funny.
Ha! Good one.
Seattle and Minneapolis are both further north than Toronto, Milwaukee and Boston aren't much further south, and obviously Detroit is very close to Toronto. When I was a kid I used to think that Toronto and Montreal were far-flung cities from the rest of MLB, but they're really not. Seattle, on the other hand, very much is.
@@jawbone78 Funny thing about Detroit and Windsor is the when crossing the boarder into Detroit from Windsor you are actually going North lol.
Lol
Actually "We the North" is the The Toronto Raptors slogan.
Of course, I remember learning these facts in elementary school, having been born in Edmonton Alberta. Although most of Canada has an arctic or subarctic climate, few people live in those regions. Edmonton is unusual in being Canada's most northerly metropolitan area. The city itself has a population of about one million, with St Albert and Sherwood Park being the largest of the surrounding cities. The Prairie Provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, contain most of Canada's arable land and a large share of Canada's merchantable stands of Boreal Forest. The climate limits agricultural production to livestock and grain while the Boreal Forest produces mostly softwood, but the region's principal sources of mineral wealth are coal, petroleum, and potash. Initially, the Canadian prairie and the Boreal Forest were important to the fur trade. Much of the early exploration and settlement of the northern prairie was carried out by fur traders working for either the Hudson's Bay Company or the North West Company. The original Fort Edmonton was a trading outpost built to control the shortest portage connecting the territories of those two companies. The MacKenzie River Basin, named after one of the founders of the North West Company, was reached by portaging from Fort Edmonton to the Pembina River, which joined the Athabaska River that then drained into Lake Athabaska. From there, the MacKenzie River flows all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Modern Edmonton is still referred to as the gateway to the north and is the principal industrial centre of the whole region.
We who live along the border with western Washington state still had access to cross into the U.S. even with the border closed during the height of Covid. It was via a joint international park called Peace Arch Park. They couldn’t close the U.S. part of the park due to a treaty made in the 1800’s, so it remained open to Canadians. So if we in Canada wanted to get together with friends or family in the US, we just walked into the park from Canada and were in Washington state in the U.S. We were fine as long as we stayed in the park, and there were border people at the other making sure we didn’t go any father. It was a great way to get together, and the only place along the border where people could do this.
i live in Toronto which is part of the "dip" (Southern Ontario). Most Canadians know we are further south than a good portion of the US. We're also aware that our American friends are dumfounded with these facts. NY city and Buffalo get more snow than Torontro does. However, I can travel 1/2 hour north to find much more snow!. Probably the best reason we live in the "dip".. "Niagara on the Lake" is our Napa Valley, excellent wine country. On the whole we know much more about the US than vice-versa, from our school's curriculum and of course US television. Love that you're taking time to learn abooot us! Great vids! Cheers neighbour
Just to give you a little info, I lived in Montreal the temperature rarely get lower than -25C in winter, but I did live at Chapais (which is about 700km from Montreal by car) I got -40C to -45C. Temperature is a big factor for a lot of people, especially immigrants, they don't want to live at that temperature.
In America 75 percent of people live on the east coast. And 80 percent of the west coast live in California. Which has 40 million people. Canada has 38 million total
I also live in Montreal and I feel like the temperature in winter is slowly getting colder, a lot of -30C I may be wrong but I feel like it's not going to get better:(
@@geoffdunne9237 Canada's population is virtually identical to that of Tokyo Japan
I agree that it's mostly immigrants that land in Ontario and just stay there. But before that was popular we were more equally stretched out thruought provinces.
YEah Same thing here maybe some degree less -38 in Abitibi. Hello to you neighbor 🙂
My mind was also blown when I learned all of this, many years ago! Fascinating stuff
Interesting fact:
The latitude of Toronto is 43 degrees. The latitude of California's northern border is 42 degrees.
Many US cities get far more snow than Toronto. As a matter of fact we've loaned our snow removal equipment many times to several cities in the US.
I live a 5 minute walk from the Welland Canal. I enjoy watching and photographing all those ships that use the canal..
If you’re looking for another cool Canadian History video.. Might I suggest “Canadians change when they hear the word: War”.
Great animated video discussion of Canadians fighting WWI and WWII
We got in trouble in WW1 for not taking prisoners, we were much better in WW2. We were the first storm troopers, and invented the tactic of mouse holing through buildings instead of fighting in the streets. The motto of "we will find a way" is impeccable when you think about Vimy Ridge and Juno beach on D Day, the Canadians fighting further inland past the German defences than any other beach landing, they created by far the farthest salient. Our snipers are the best in the world because we train quality over quantity, there's a few articles on it. We fought a war over an island with Denmark, the cutest war of all time.
I am a Canadian and dated a girl from Michigan. (many many years ago) I blew her families mind when I explained I live farther south than them, even though the Canada U.S. boarder was less than an hour away.
I live in Windsor too and laughed when Journey had the hit "Don't Stop Believin'" and the line that said "Born and raised in South Detroit" because technically that would be Windsor!
Greetings from Montreal. I'm a 64 year-old Canadian, and that video was mind-blowing for me too! I'm learning a lot from your channel. 🙂
The Canadian Shield was created during the ice age. This is where large glaciers moved south, collecting tons of debris including the soil from up north and depositing them at the southern most point which the glaciers travelled. Thus, the deep, rich agricultural area around the Great Lakes.
A very large influence of where the population settled in Western Canada was where the first rail lines were laid. Migrants often relied on rail for transportation and settled along the these lines, which were built along the southern portions of Canada.
Actually people settle close to water. Water is also used to define boundaries. Water was needed to build rail lines. People settled along the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. As you move west you see all the settlements are along the major lakes and rivers.
Across the prairies, the rail lines were built close to the border. The first transcontinental was part of securing Canada's borders, so it was close. But that was also where the good farm and ranch land was too.
This video blew my mind! I’ve lived in southern Ontario and now in Edmonton but I’ve never really thought about how far south we were when living close to Toronto. Keep up the awesome videos!!!
Yep, there's a plaque beside Highway 11 where the road crosses the 49th. It's on the south edge of the town of Cochrane, which is several hours north of Toronto...
Great videos. Your genuine reactions are appreciated. Keep up the good work.
the St. Lawrence River has been Instrumental in shaping where Canadians Historically settled from the east coast to the great lakes, other than the Mediterranean and black sea connection in Europe it's the most inland area exposed to ocean (through Canals)
Many Canadians love the northern regions and would prefer to live there but are attracted to the large metropolitan areas close to the border because of their careers. City jobs pay much more and there are also fewer jobs the further north you are. You should check out the Canadian Shield. It is literally a gigantic, very old rocky region with giant slabs of horizontal rock - almost impossible to farm. But here is where our millions of small lakes and rivers are to be found and where we go for vacation - camping and cottaging. It was created by the glaciers which scraped the soil down to the rock layer and that soil ended up in the southern Canada and the United States. This is why the farming is done at our border. Another thing about the North (My husband's family had a chalet in northern Quebec so I am familiar with it) is that it is not so easy to live in wilderness. First of all the winters are brutal (I experienced -48 C) and the services available in big cities are sparse. But then, property is less expensive and if you are somewhat handy you can live well. The thing that prevents me from wanting to movie any further north -already we are a 3 1/2 hour drive from the closest city (Canadians refer to distance in driving hours) is the INSECTS. Not only does the wilderness host abundant and beautiful plant/animal/bird life, there are species of insects that most Americans and the rest of the world, except maybe some parts of Northern Europe and Russia, are not aware of. Mosquitos, of course, are ubiquitous in the world but we are treated with some special critters, the worst being Black Flies. Black Flies make life miserable for the entire month of June, and keep in mind that we have only 4 months or so of summer in the North. When you walk outside you are likely bitten by dozens of them. Each bite feels like a tiny lit cigarette and burns for several days. There is no remedy or way to discourage them, except to dress like a beekeeper. So there you are at the cottage and you cannot swim in the lake or take out the canoe or kayak without being eaten alive. Black Flies are mostly too large to get through a screen, which is great, but there is another insect: no-see-ums which are so small that they can pass through screens and are free to bite you all night while you are trying to sleep. Maybe this is too-much-information, but you can get an idea of what we deal with and some of the reasons we hug the border.
so true!
I’m pretty sure it would take dynamite to shake me out of Northern Ontario. I don’t mind visiting elsewhere, but the relaxed pace of living suits me. I’ll take black flies over the big city any day!
Very informative video to learn from...for everyone. Thanks!
The video you watched left out a few important points about the corridor. When the American revolution started loyalists to Britain fled to Toronto and the surrounding areas. The port where most European immigrants landed in Canada is also close by. Most love in that area because it was the heaviest developed area to begin with. It's similar to why something like 80 percent of America lives east of the Mississippi
Yes also when immigrants arrive they want to be close to their communities and the rural areas and even the small cities like Peterborough or Baie Comeau have been predominatly white. So these people moved to Toronto and Montreal and made the cities even future. Fortunately that's been changing a little bit more recently with more
I live in the Okanagan Valley which is considered the Napa Valley of the North. We're at the 50th parallel in Kelowna, BC.
For most of my life you didn’t need a passport to go between Canada and the US. A lot of Americans come up here for the fishing and hunting. Love your videos!
I remember crossing the border with just a proof of address, a telephone bill! LOL!!! Peace and love from Canada
You can thank George Bush (The moron) jr for the passport thing, it came from the ridiculous "911" paranoia thing, when Bush claimed that the hijackers came in through Canada (A lie...later he claimed that he could get Bin Laden by attacking Iraq... ANOTHER LIE!)
I don't need a passport to enter the USA. I just use my Driver's Licence. That is going to change, however, in 2026 when my Enhanced Driver's Licence expires.
Really like the videos man. Makes me want to explore more of my own country. If you come to Montreal drinks are on me.
You should make the decision to come to Canada for an epic visit. Start in Vancouver and end in Atlantic Canada. If you put it out there that you're coming, you'll get loads of Canadians offering you their spare room.
Absolutely you should and make a video for each place you visit. Come to Saskatoon, I'd be happy to show you around!
You’d have a place to stay in Ottawa.
Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America. Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America. In Toronto we get ABC , NBC and CBS from Buffalo NY.
I lived in Windsor, Ontario, for a number of years, and it was always peculiar to many people (myself included when I moved!) that, if you live in Windsor, you are south of the US (Detroit is just to the North, across the river). It was rather funny watching people compute that one!
The Journey song Don't Stop Believing referred to a boy "born and raised in South Detroit". There is no area actually called South Detroit. South of downtown Detroit you are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (or the Detroit River).🧭
If you like Cold and Snow come to Canada, we have plenty of that during our 6 months winter (Nov to April).
Thanks for learning about Canada! You're welcome anytime 😊 As for this video..I didn't realise that area was mostly populated. We still have a lot of people but I guess it makes sense because my province has 1.2 million people stretched out across it, but is larger than many European countries! It's been said the farmland in my province could feed the world.
I live on the St Lawrence and I can tell you that the covid closures really affected people on both sides. Both sides depend on each other crossing and that real affected stores, restaurants and many other businesses
Love your content on this subject, Tyler. I've been sending links to your videos to some family members on the US side of the border. As a Canadian some of this stuff I have a vague awareness about, but the way you're presenting it has value to citizens on both sides of the border.
Live in the city Edmonton Alberta which is roughly 380 miles north of the U.S. Montana border. The distances we travel might be the thing that surprises you the most. Drive 7.5 hours north of the city and your still in Alberta.
As a Canadian who lives above that line, I spent my whole childhood thinking I wanted to live somewhere warmer, only to move somewhere south and be constantly depressed at how dark it was. The summers it went without saying, but I couldn't figure out at first why the winters struck me as darker than my hometown even though there were objectively more hours of daylight. Then, one day, it snowed. Come nighttime, the street lights reflected off the snow, making the night brighter. That was the first time in my life I truly appreciated my hometown's winter. I've moved back now, and don't think I could live anywhere with less summer daylight and winter snow-light again.
When I was younger, I loved horseback riding at night in the winter. On a moonlit night, you could see almost as well as daytime. And, of course, there was the occasional bonus of watching the northern lights :)
I also live above that line (Winnipeg), and moved somewhere warmer (Montreal) only to come to similar conclusions. There should be more hours of daylight in winter, but it doesn't really feel that way (I think it's because those hours are better enjoyed in summer - you notice them more when the weather is nice). Also, so much freakin' snow. Like...it might not get down into -40 or lower wind chills in Montreal very often (I think in 6 years there, I saw a -40 wind chill just twice), but having to forge a path through 30 cm of wet snow to get to the bus stop is no fun. At least here, we get maybe 3 to 5 major snowfall events in a winter (and it's almost always DRY snow which is easier to shovel and walk through), and the rest is just a couple centimetres here and there (last winter was pretty bad though; most snow I've seen in a winter here in decades).
Unrelated but I also also live about that line (Vancouver) and USED to live in south asia to come to a conclusion that it feels warmer in Vancouver than it often does in my hometown even though my hometown was always warmer. I think the sun just hits me different during summer
Now you can understand why Canadians scoff when people think we live in igloos and that we ski year round! I actually live on part of the Canadian Shield. It makes it hard to find areas for a garden and for building, since it affects where or if we can lay a foundation. At least we have over 15 acres. We live less than an hour’s drive from Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario. Amazing country! 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
The video fails to mention that the Prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan and half of Manitoba) are mostly farmland and huge agricultural Provinces. There is more land than people here, but sure is beautiful.
The most densely populated parts of Canada tend to be the oldest parts of the country.
Quebec and Ontario otherwise known as Lower and Upper Canada respectively during the early settlement years.
Winter in Toronto is great. We get to see and hear not only how much more worse weather conditions are in other Canadian cities, but we also U.S. cities too. Buffalo, New York, Philladalpia, Boston, etc.
Sure, Toronto doesn't get as much snow as other parts of the country but the humidity in the winter is terrible.
Yes the only downfall living in the west is the brutal winters. I try to hibernate as much as possible, only go out when I have to. I hate winter, I think I was born on the wrong island...lol
@@Madeincanada62 I didn't like Manitoba winter, until I got a sled-dog. Stooopid fun
@@unkyduck see now you're feeding into the American mindset that we all have dogs less...lol. That would make it better though. I used to cook at a private boys school and they had sled dogs. They would hold races in winter and I would serve them soup and hot chocolate from the loading dock. Looked like great fun!
@@MyghtyMykey yes. Our humidity is ridiculous sometimes. 25 can “feel like” 35 sometimes. When you have an outdoor job and have to wear a mask for you know… it gets hard to breath sometimes.
I live in this zone. Pelee Island in the middle of Lake Erie is on the same latitude as Northern California. I live in Toronto almost the same level of Milwaukee. So our weather is much the same. If they get snow wait three hours and we have snow. Now Vancouver is our Florida. They get a lot of rain but, rarely have snow.
I have lived in the Canadian “North” for my whole life. Whitehorse, Terrace BC and Grande Prairie Alberta mostly. Which when you’re from the north you know is not that north really. My dad worked in places that are true north and there’s a difference. That said a big part of the reason people live south is simply because not everyone can handle things north and you can’t blame them. Winter from late Oct to late April/early May is common. We regularly get -40 in the winters. In Whitehorse I remember the car tires would clunk because the rubber had frozen where it sat overnight so you’d have a flat patch of tire until it warmed up. In GP we can’t open our windows for 6-7 months a year because they’re frozen shut. In Terrace and Kitimat the last winter I was there the snow was up to the roofs (Kitimat that year). The reason the population lives south becomes obvious. Not to mention trade. That said, I will die in the north. I love it. It’s in my bones. People are different - colourful, hearty, down to earth and resilient. And there’s beauty in the north you can’t imagine. The northern lights are just a start. Love Vancouver and the lower mainland but the north has a real charm to it when you get out of the city-or-nothing mindset.
I agree. The north is the place to be. I worked in Watson Lake, Yukon, and loved it there. People up north are genuinely more outgoing and friendly and helpful than southerners.
Canadians all across Canada not just T.O. (Toronto) are educated in American Geography and History, and there's more to Canada than just TO.
Thank you. As a Canadian, I never knew that 50% of our population was in the area outlined. I only knew that the population was larger than the rest of Canada. I have lived in Toronto, Windsor and now Cambridge, all of which are located in the province of Ontario. Always thought Vancouver, British Columbia also had a high population besides Quebec.
Ugh. The number of North Americans who don't own maps is just staggering to me. I fear to watch this channel, yet I cannot look away.
If the population outside of that area is less than inside then that would be greater percentage of the whole. I know they taught this in Canadian schools... I think it was 4th grade math. Remember when people said "when will I ever need to know this?" and you bought into it? 🤦♂️
@@johnlittle3430 I have to admit that I have not looked at a map in a long time. Have to admit, as well, these videos are difficult to stop watching. Day to day life seems to take up most of my time these days. Lol.
Vancouver does have a high population, it is the 3rd biggest metropolitan area in Canada but BC's population is only 5.3 million compared to Ontario's 15 million and Quebec's 8.6 million.
When you look at a map..even as a child in school,didn't you notice where the cities are? They are farther south not north...
I've been surprised by different areas on the only province I've ever lived in. I'd never heard mourning doves until we lived near Toronto.
When we moved to southern Ontario from an area further north, I was surprised by a few things. After we moved further to the south west, I learned that this area was originally Carolinian forests with black walnut and tulip trees. Southern Ontario is very hot and humid in the summer.
I preferred living on the Canadian Shield. It makes more sense than building subdivisions on prime farmland, provided transportation costs for goods aren't too high.
I spent a week on a project and the University of Colorado. I will never forget the look of stunned disbelief of a student canvassing for signatures on a petition when I told him I was not an American citizen. I could see in his expression he was aking himself how that could be possible.
Are you saying that this person never met a foreigner and couldn't understand why a foreigner would be in Colorado? That doesn't make much sense.
@@JR-mo8os That was my impression. Actually I guess he thought someone who looked like me, ie white with no accent must be American.
That photo of the "Ontario" vineyard was actually taken in the southern British Columbia near the town of Okanagan Falls. I grew up near there. Lots of internationally award winning wines are grown in the Okanagan Valley. You should do some research on Canada's wine industry and the friendly competition between B.C. And Ontario.
I live more than 12 hours north of the southern border but only about 31/2 hours from Alaska in Northern British Columbia. We love the fact that we are sparsely populated though as people discover how great it is here more and more are moving here! I've always been a northern girl living in the interior of Alaska as well. I get stressed if in the city for too long!
Interesting fact, La Chine rapids, translates The Chinese rapids! The early explorers thought that beyond the rapids they would find China! Had no idea of the emmense land stretching from Montreal to Vancouver! Peace and love from Canada
I am Canadian from BC The reason why most of our population are near border. Our County is vast and many parts are unhabituated. Weather temperature spikes to -60 Celsius and colder. Population is 39 million people (Jan 2022 census) Remember Canada has the Largest open border on the planet. The further north the colder it is. Sadly, the wildlife (bears deer, moose) travel south looking for food and end up being a problem for smaller communities'. (Don't worry they are returned north). We are also surrounded by Pacific Ocean, Arctic sea and Atlantic ocean.✌
I live in Canada’s best kept secret city- Windsor Ontario. We are actually geographically south of Detroit. ( about one mile across the Detroit river) there are many, many mixed American and Canadian marriages living on both sides of the border. It is not unusual for Windsorites to work in the D. Especially in medicine and manufacturing. I have neighbours and friends who commute on the bridge or through the tunnel daily to work. The University of Windsor has about 17% American faculty, staff and students. The majority of Windsorites celebrate both Canadian and American Thanksgivings.
If you grew up in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, chances are good that you and your friends crossed over the border into Dub - city (aka. Windsor) for your 19th birthday.
Windsor Ontario’ legal drinking age is three years lower then most American States.
Yes, I find people in those states sound more 'canadian' than most of the actual Canadians. It's like they've never been east of Toronto.
Pretty much the entire great lakes basin was originally part of Canada (Under the banner of "Nouvelle France") including Michigan and even parts of the Ohio territories, all of which was handed over to the Americans by Britain at the end of the American revolution... the first of many times that Canada would be stabbed in the back by Britain in US/Canadian border disputes (They did the same to us after the war of 1812, for economic reasons)
I live in Sarnia, Ontario which is about 70 miles North of Windsor at the opening end of the St. Clair River. I crossed the border into the USA almost daily for 15 years. I worked as an RN in Michigan Hospitals. Many long term friendships are between people who live on our borders. True friends 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Two years, fellow Windsorite.
I'm from Windsor, too!
Im from New Brunswick which was one of the first settled areas in Canada but we only have 600k people here. Province is relatively small but is the size of most European countries.
Tyler Bucket It's true! There are some resident Canadians that live on a more southerly latitude than some resident Californians. To use just one of many examples, the residents of Peele Island, Canada live further south than the residents of Smith River, California.
I live close to the north Dakota border and used to cross somewhat regularly. We also have lots of Americans crossing.
I think it would be beneficial to watch a video explaining Canada’s different provinces and territories with information about their populations 🤷🏻♀️ I enjoy your videos, I’m from Saskatchewan and our provincial population hovers around 1 million 🙃 Also the coldest temperature including the wind chill that I’ve experienced is -56 Celsius. The prairies have some awful winter winds but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Saskatchewan is known as the “land of the living skies” and it does not disappoint! The northern lights are beautiful when they come around.
Great suggestion! I’ll look for such a documentary 👍 🇨🇦👏
Southern Canadian here! Living in the border city of Windsor (across the river from Detroit). I've heard stories of Americans crossing over and expecting the weather to magically change into a Winter Wonderland; in July.... Then being disappointed they brought their skis lol 😆 Sorry bud, its 100° here too... same as it was five minutes ago in Michigan!
I hope you continue with your exploration of our great nation
Lol the city at 13:00 is my hometown: Trois-Rivieres, Quebec! It's on the banks of St-Lawrence river halfway between Montreal and Quebec on the North shore :)
I'm glad you are learning this and posting for others to learn
Trade routes, ports, agriculture and better weather...that's why we all live along the southern border... And per capita we still have a lot of space and nature...I live on 27 acres in southern Ontario (still 60km north of Toronto)
I live near the Lachine Rapids. Fun fact, people surf there in the perpetual "waves".
Hello from Calgary, Alberta ( mix Texas and Colorado). My city finally had 1 miillion citizens in 2007. We hold 1/36(?) Of the entire population of Canada
9:05 whos going to tell him about the food prices up in the NWT
Once you drive 200 miles due north of the 49th parallel, you are starting to get into lower populated areas. Edmonton is probably the northern most largest city, and it is 300 miles due north of the US border. In Saskatchewan (right above Montana) if you were able to drive straight north for 450 miles, you would be as far as you could drive. Not very many reliable roads are beyond that. To get farther north than that, usually takes a float plane or ice roads.
And just for some further information, the dimensions of Saskatchewan are 760 miles north-south, and 325 miles East-West, which is nearly as big as Texas.
Also, don't forget that while Canada covers a considerably larger surface area than the U.S., the population of Canada is barely 10% that of the U.S.A. (Yes, the United States have 10 times the population of Canada.)
I'm kinda upset that the DYK video did not mention the Welland Canal verbally... The Welland Canal made it 100% possible to move from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie due to Niagara Falls being unpassable. The Welland Lock system made it possible to reach the rest of the great lakes with ease and allow larger boats to travel to all those cities on the other side of the lakes.
Yes, it's great, I've spent some lovely summer days watching the ships come in, passing through the Welland Canal Locks.
Most fur trading was transported by the great lakes. Which makes Ontario as Canada's hub
I visited a customer in Dallas once. Some of the employees were asking me about Canada. They didn't believe me when I told then that I lived South of a number of states. They had a map on on the wall, so I pointed out where I lived and pointed out all the states that were North of my city.
Once I pointed it out, several of them said, "woe. I always thought that that Canada is North of the states!"
I’m one of Canada’s 20% of people who DO NOT live within 100 miles of the US border. I’m in a high mountain valley in BC’s interior - the most beautiful place in the world!
YES, Canadian education covered these facts before high school, of this history and other parts of the world, like the SUEZ CANAL, PANAMA CANAL, and great engineering for transportation. Population density in any location in the world shows the largest cities are ports of transportation in all the continents. More details are taught in higher grades of the world, history, geography, etc
Being a pilot that flew a lot into the Canadian Shield and Arctic circle, I can vouch it feels like landing on the moon, even in the middle of summer. No way a standard agriculture civilization model could thrive up there. Only first nations standard hunter/gatherer (mostly through fishing and hunting seals/cariboos) or modern air-supply can sustain small villages at high latitudes.
Pretty sure about 75% of the Canadian population lives within probably 6 hours of the American border. Whatever the percentage is, it is high. I'm from Windsor, Ontario. We are directly SOUTH of Detroit. And half an hour from us here, the lowest point of Canada's territory is the 42* parallel is at Point Pelee (national park). There's also Pelee Island in Lake Erie, which is probably a bit more south(?). That line across Ontario looks like it is around Toronto and branching off Niagara Falls area. That's roughly 4-4.5 hours from here. I learned that in grade 4(that we are south of D) and we did get a chuckle out of that, when we learned it
Truth! Even in Alberta… I’m one hour north of the border 😂
It is funny how us Canadians measure distance between cities in time rather than KMS or miles! We were just discussing that this morning
Pelee island is also parallel to eureka California.
Windsor is where the guy in the Journey song "Don't Stop Believing" is from.
6 hours is a lot of distance. It's probable closer to 95% of the population.
Australia, Russia, China, even Brazil are similar in population distribution because of unique geographical features, even usa has huge areas that are underpopulated because of geography and history
Hey Tyler, I hope you get to visit Canada some time. It's a must-do if you're American and want to visit a "foreign" country, 'cuz it's really a seamless experience. I'm a Canadian in Vancouver, and I've taken dozens of day trips down to Seattle. I get to the border, and in either direction, when they've asked me the reason for my visit, I've said "just headed to Top Pot for some doughnuts," and when they look in the back of the car and see 8-10 boxes of doughnuts, the border guards were just like "ok, fine," well that's life in the Great White North. At least before the pandemic, Seattle was my "home away from home" and I went to concerts and events there all the time. Up here in Vancouver, I don't have to spend too long out and about in the city before I run into folks from Washington state. It's like the border hardly exists...
Another thing I rarely see mentioned is the sheer number of lakes, rivers and ponds . Trying to put down roads in the north is like walking through a minefield. The number of bridges needed is ridiculous and if it's not bridges then you need to blast through solid rock to get level roads.
Don't forget the permafrost! They lost whole locomotives them going through northwest Ontario! Peace and Love
Tyler my family and I have enjoyed discovering your videos - we are Canadian and enjoy seeing your reactions, and often we learn a few things ourselves also. If you ever have an opportunity to come to Toronto - we’d be happy to show you around!
My Family Live North of the parallel... I asked my Grandpa about the Great Depression, he said it didn't affect us because of our Traditional Traplines... He said his Dad went Hunting and Trapping... He bartered and traded with Menonites... So the depression didn't really affect us...
As a Canadian I learned a lot of things through this video.
To be fair, while I knew that the southern tip of Ontario held a lot of our population I didn’t realize myself that it was 50%. Though it’s definitely true that most of us live not too far from the border. I’m only about a 4 hrs drive from it.
As someone who lives in Western Canada, I can say that population is condensed into the larger cities while the rest is very sparse. About 60% of Manitoba's population of 1.3 million is located in Winnipeg, about 1 hour north of the border, as well as the immediate surrounding area. There's not much the further north you go, mostly due to terrain, a large lake, and hundreds of rivers.
As an American I recall hearing about a comedic Canadian TV show many years ago where the host traveled the USA to ask Americans various questions about Canada with an aim to get a good laugh at the lack of knowledge (giving dumb answers) Americans have of Canada. It's nice that most Canadians don't take a lot of insult at our ignorance of Canada, since we're so closely linked they get the read on us. Unlike most Europeans, who get nasty and resentful at our ignorance about them, and that can be amusing too.
I'm in Ottawa, and heard my whole life (I'm 55) that 80% of all Canadians lived within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
Yes, same here
Something someone mentioned here that I'd like to reiterate. I grew up on the north shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in the 60's, 70's and 80's, before cable. We had very little for broadcasters. The CBC and maybe CTV. Everything else was over the air U.S broadcasters ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and more. Being close to the border made that possible, nevermind how radio waves travel freely across a lake. This would have a big impact on our knowledge of America. Not all, but alot.
In BC we had cable in those years.
I've got some free time so now I'm just bingeing your videos...When I was a kid the 49th parallel thing screwed me up, too. Living in northern BC -- where we can literally drive for hours without seeing more than a few passing cars makes me forget that the rest of the world actually has to co-exist. 😀
I live south of that line, between lakes Erie and Ontario, two lakes linked by shipping through the Welland Canal
HEY TYLER I just wanted to let you know you should react to Canadian heritage minutes they were a big part of my child hood in education learning little clips about our country in elementary school, I’d think you’d find them interesting
It's easy to understand and it's the same thing for every countries in the world. We live where the temperature is the best and where it's the easier to access water for transportation. Take a look for Australia, almost everyone lives along the coast.
Please throw a maple muffin at us, Canadians know a lot more about America than Americans know about us. Your doing a service to educate the USA population. It’s that America were great so why learn about anyone else mentality. LOVE your channel
Aside from the fact that so much of our population is concentrated in Ontario and Quebec, there's another reason most Canadians live within 200km of the US/Canada border. It gets COLD here, and further north gets a lot colder. Yeah, we could survive it, but we don't want to. The extreme cold wrecks havoc on machinery too. All of the arable land is in the southern part of the country, so these are the areas that were settled.
Imagine all those American tourists travelling south to Canada! =D
Unless they're from Alaska then it sounds perfectly logical